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descriptivism
descriptivism [ di skríptivizəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. support for descriptive linguistics: adherence to the practices and tenets of descriptive linguistics
2. belief in description: the notion or thesis that descriptive statements can be true and accurate reflections of phenomena

descriptivist noun, adjective
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